Word origins

• BrahuiA pastoral people of Eastern Balochistan.
• caleanA Persian oriental tobacco pipe with a flexible tube.
• canongoIn upper India, and formerly in Bengal, the registrar of a tahsil, or other revenue subdivision, who receives the reports of the patwaris, or village registrars.
• chaharbaghA traditional square-shaped layout of Persian gardens comprising four square gardens separated by waterways, together representing the four gardens and four rivers of Paradise
• chapanA decorative overcoat worn in Central Asia, usually by men.
• chappowA raid or incursion, in Persian contexts.
• chelowA type of steamed rice from Persian cuisine.
• ChenaranA village in Dowlatabad district, Ravansar, Kermanshah Province, Iran.
• CherineA female given name from Persian.
• chilgoza pineA pine of the species Pinus gerardiana, native to the northwestern Himalayas.
• chogaA long-sleeved Afghan garment generally made of soft woollen material and embroidered on the sleeves and shoulders.
• CumrunA transliteration of the Persian male given name کامران (kâmrân).
• dakhmaSynonym of tower of silence (“a low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary”).
• DamavandA mountain in Mazandaran Province, Iran.
• DarbandA town in Tajikistan.
• DaryushA male given name from Persian, a rare transliteration.
• Dasht-e KavirA desert in the middle of the Iranian Plateau
• dastanAn ornate form of oral history from Central Asia, generally centered on one individual who protects his tribe or people from an outside invader or enemy.
• dastgahOne of the basic melody types in traditional Persian music, each consisting of seven base notes and seven further variable notes used for ornamentation and modulation.
• dayerehA large Central Asian frame drum with jingles attached, a type of tambourine.
• deghanA small-land-owning citizen of the Sassanian Empire.
• dewaniThe role or office of dewan.
• doabA tongue or tract of land included between two rivers, especially that between the Ganges and the Yamuna
• dopiazaA style of curry, usually of medium heat, prepared with onions.
• dumpokeA dish of boneless stuffed poultry cooked in dough, butter, and spices.
• dustuckA pass or permit.
• East AzerbaijanA province of Iran.
• eidgahAn open-air enclosure used for Eid prayers on certain special occasions.
• eidiA gift, especially money, given to children on Islamic Eids.
• EkbatanA town in Tehran, Iran.
• Emirate of AfghanistanA sovereign state in Central and South Asia, ruled by an emir, that existed from 1823 to 1926, preceding the Kingdom of Afghanistan.
• EsfahaniA surname from Persian.
• esfandThe seeds of wild rue.
• EsfarayenA capital city in the Central District of Esfarayen County, North Khorasan province, Iran.
• EslamshahrA city in the Central District of Eslamshahr County, Tehran province, Iran.
• faloodaA cold dessert originated in Iran and also popular in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally made from rose syrup and vermicelli.
• faloodehA traditional Iranian cold dessert similar to a sorbet, made with thin starch noodles in a syrup containing sugar and rose water.
• FaranakA female given name from Persian.
• FarangisA female given name from Persian.
• faravaharA symbol of the religion Zoroastrianism, also used to represent the Iranian nation.
• fargardchapter, section (of the Avesta)
• FarhadiA surname from Persian.
• farsakhparasang
• farsangA Persian measure of distance, equivalent to about four miles.
• FarvardinThe first solar month of the Persian calendar.
• fatheThe diacritical mark ـَ (-a) used in the Persian script to denote the short vowel sound a, analogically to Arabic fatha.
• fesenjanA meat stew flavored with pomegranate and walnut.
• FirouziA surname from Persian.
• FordowA village in Fordow district, Kahak, Qom Province, Iran.
• ForooharA surname from Persian.
• gazangabintamarisk manna
• GhaffariA surname from Persian.
• gheimehAn Iranian stew dish made from meat and split peas.
• ghormeh sabziAn Iranian herb stew.
• greengageA plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.
• guzzyAny member of the genus Guzmania, of tufted airplants.
• HajtamiriA surname from Farsi
• HakimianA surname from Persian.
• HardaniA surname from Persian.
• HatamiA surname from Persian.
• hojatoleslamA middle-ranking Islamic cleric.
• HormozganA province of southern Iran, consisting of numerous islands in the Persian Gulf
• IranzaminSynonym of Iranosphere.
• IstakhrA major ancient and medieval city in Persia, located near Persepolis in modern Iran.
• ittardanA small decorative bottle used to hold attar.
• IzehA city in Iran.
• JahanbakhshA surname from Persian.
• JahangirnagarThe Mughal name (1608–1765) of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.
• JannatabadGaur, an ancient Bengali city presently divided between Bangladesh and India, after falling to the Sena regime.
• jezailAn Afghan matchlock or flintlock musket fired from a forked rest.
• jilaudarA servant who leads a horse.
• JowzjanA province of Afghanistan.
• kabuliOf, from or relating to the city of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
• kadkhodaIn and around Iran, the leader or head of a village.
• kamanchehA long-necked stringed instrument (a spike fiddle) with a bowl-shaped body, traditionally featuring three silk strings but now more often four metal ones, played with a bow, common among the peoples of the Caucasus, Anatolia and the Near East.
• KapisaA province of Afghanistan.
• karezA qanat, in parts of central southern Asia.
• KarkhehA river in Khūzestān Province, southwest Iran.
• kasreThe diacritical mark ـِ (-e) used in the Persian script to denote the short vowel sound e, analogically to Arabic kasra.
• kenarehA smaller Persian rug serving as a side or end runner for a larger rug.
• KhalajestanA district of Iran.
• KhalifatabadThe former name of Bagerhat, a city in Bangladesh.
• KhalilzadehA surname from Persian.
• KhandudA village in and the capital of Wakhan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
• KhargAn island of Iran, in the northern Persian Gulf, near Kuwait and Iraq. A continental island that serves as the main oil terminal of Iran.
• khatamA Persian style of marquetry.
• khatunA lady or wife in certain Central Asian communities.
• KhayyamianOf or relating to Omar Khayyám (1048–1131), Persian polymath, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet.
• kheeracucumber
• KhordadThe third solar month of the Persian calendar.
• khoresh karafsA sour Iranian stew with celery.
• KhorramabadA city in Iran, the seat of Khorramabad County's Central District and the capital of Lorestan Province.
• KhorramshahrA port city in Khuzestan Province, located in southwestern Iran.
• KhosraviA village in Iran.
• king foxBlanford's fox (Vulpes cana)
• kishmishA small seedless raisin originally imported from Persia.
• kotletA type of Polish meat patty.
• kuskus grassvetiver
• laghmanA Central Asian dish of pulled noodles, meat and vegetables.
• LankaranA city (and district) in Azerbaijan.